Tomcatfreak Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Hello Alain, I live very close to former soviet MiG-25 and Su-24 air base in Welzow, east Germany. If you need any detail pictures of Pag-14, just let me know ;-) MarioS, Vandy 1 VX 4, Kagemusha and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy 1 VX 4 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Tomcatfreak I would like to see photos of them please can you post some especially the texture pattern and connections two adjacent units Thank you very much Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 Hello Alain, I live very close to former soviet MiG-25 and Su-24 air base in Welzow, east Germany. If you need any detail pictures of Pag-14, just let me know ;-) Yes, that would be greatly appreciated! Detail photos of the surface textures of the sections can be of a lot of help to me, when making masters. I wonder, do they still have hardened shelters with doors in place? These would be great for dioramas, in multiple scales. Thank you for the kind offer! Alain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcatfreak Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Yes the shelters are still in place. Give me some time and wait for better weather and I will drive to Welzow and make some pictures for ya Kagemusha and Vandy 1 VX 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 Fantastic! Looking forward to see them. If there is a way to to do some measurements for the doors it would be perfect. For example, a meter-long stick in some photos to extrapolate from. Regards, Alain Vandy 1 VX 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 (edited) Hi all! The artwork is coming along nicely for the hex tarmac box set. I hope it will be ready as planned next week! In the meantime, here is a little tutorial showing how I painted my demonstration set. First, after a good clean-up with dishwasher liquid, a coat of Tamiya TS-16. It is a light warm grey with a nice new concrete look. Next, I scraped a bit of dry pastel on the surface, using brown, black and sand colors. Mostly brown is used here to reproduce the brownish color of the Soviet tarmac sections. With my finger the powder is rubbed in all over the surface. I use nitrile gloves to do this. The next step is not so obvious in photos, as it is subtle, yet important. I used a slightly humid paper towel to blend the powder in the tarmac section. This fixes the pastel dust in place, and the section will start to look like a real concrete part. You can ad more pastel dust and repeat until you get the desired effect. At this point I add the tar joint on the sides. I used liquid tempera applied with a Q-tip. Check your references, as the joints can be very wide! Oil drips are added here. I suggest some restraint here, and concentrate this effect only where the fuselage is situated. This is the result, compared to the basic painted part. Thank you for watching, hope this helps! Alain Edited March 23, 2018 by Alain Gadbois MarioS, Dany Boy, Vandy 1 VX 4 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Leduc Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Hey Alain, Don't know how come I mised that one......... Exelent job, are you gonna have those at Torcan next May...? Anyway I'm in for two set, will contact you shortly. Regards, Dan. Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 Hey Alain, Don't know how come I mised that one......... Exelent job, are you gonna have those at Torcan next May...? Anyway I'm in for two set, will contact you shortly. Regards, Dan. Salut Daniel, Thank you for the 2 sets, I will wait for your message! No promises for Torcan yet, unfortunately... NICE!! Any plans to do them in 1/48?? Actually, this 1/48 set already exists, as a complete display base, and also a PAG-14 base in 1/72: I received the cover sheet this weekend for the new 1/32 Hex set, and I am planning the shipping for the present orders to be this coming Friday or Monday! Thank you all! Alain PS: I will announce new stuff in 1/32 later this week! Daniel Leduc, Vandy 1 VX 4 and Out2gtcha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Good stuff. Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelerth Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I did similar for my Su-25 base but plaster not resin and in various shapes as I'm not sure what combination use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wegener Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 They look very good but surely they are concrete rather than tarmac? Concrete sections seem more robust for a tactical airfield to me. The painting certainly suggests concrete but the pack labelling says otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I am sure it is supposed to be concrete. The hexagon shape is to provide expansion joints in all directions. You would never have joints like that in asphalt; I don't know how they would even do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I suspect Alain is using the word tarmac in a generic sense, to mean something like aircraft dispersal surface - much like the way the Brits use Hoover as a generic term for all vacuum cleaners. Kev Daniel Leduc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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